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Monday, January 23, 2017

Working Nights, Finding Solutions, Truck Service and Making Sense.

Our Location today is La Posa South
LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.

We were both more than
ready to get to bed early again last night but then Kathy tossed and turned for
well over an hour before actually falling asleep. When my head hit that pillow,
I don’t recall turning over onto my side as I was gone to Dreamland.

This Morning's Sunrise.

For most dreaming is a wonderful thing but for someone like myself it can be a Curse or a Nightmare which ever you want to call it. When I dream of doing something
physical I will be physically moving in my sleep similar to sleep walking which
I did as a child but laying in bed or sitting on the side of it and moving as
if I’m actually working. For a short stint in my Career I was asked to teach a Human Rights Course to plant workers as
well as Supervision. My training went well but after I started teaching it at
work I also taught it during the time I was supposed to be sleeping. Kathy was
very well educated on Workplace Human
Rights.

Only minutes later the clouds moved in.

I have been Building and Designing things since before I entered High-School. Recently Kathy and I had discussed the possible need
of carrying our Generator along with
our Bicycles and a few other things
on the rear of our trailer. The Extra Weight would have required pulling a
small trailer behind our Home and the thought of double towing would restrict our
travels in a number of states so that idea was dashed. Then we remembered Rene and Jeanetteon RV Voyager carrying their Harley Davison
Touring Motorcycle behind their Cardinal
Fifth Wheel on a platform called a Swivel
Wheel.

Almost Clear Skies

Last night while I was
sleeping I was Designing and Building my own version of a Swivel Wheel so that when disconnected
from the trailer by one person it could be used as a light duty Flatbed Utility Trailer in less than
five minutes. When I woke up this morning I felt like I hadn’t slept all night.
Probably because I had been working most of the night.

La Posa West resembles a Campground.

When we got up at 7:30 we
were greeted by a beautiful Sunrise but
as we sat having our Breakfast the Sun kept
playing a game of Hide and Seek behind huge walls of Clouds. Not the best thing to charge
our Batteries but then we could hear
the wind rattling our Slide Toppers.
We were again discussed adding a Wind Generator to our Arsenal of Toys to add to our comfort of being “Off the Grid”. Since we have left McGregor in November we have
only had a few days with light winds and then we had lots of Sun. If we have little Sun especially after Sunset we normally have lots of Wind. Either way they would both charge
our Batteries without the noise
caused by a Motorized Generator.

La Posa North also resembles a Campground.

We managed to get some Computer reading done this morning even
with the spotty connection we are experiencing. Due to the large number of
people presently in Quartzsiteusing
the Internet as well as their Cell Phones that being Online has become extremely “S-L—O---O----W”. We discussed also finding
a way to boost our Signal Strength
in an effort to make the time we do spend Online
less of a chore.

Lots of Boon Dockers off Tyson Wells Road.

By 10:00 MST we were on our way up Highway 95with clear blue skies into Quartzsite. With the Big Tentattracting lots of RVers we knew to expect traffic to be heavy. We got lucky because
we only slowed down to a crawl but did managed to keep the wheels turning
slowly until we reached Main Street. We’ve noticed other Bloggers who are out in the LTVAs having parcels and mail shipped
to a small place called Quiet Times. Now that we know where it is we’ll
make more inquiries so we can possibly have a few things delivered there.

Our next stop was the Ace Hardware
Storein Blythe, California. When we were here the
last time I had second guessed the size of fasteners I would need for our future
Solar Panel additions. Today I got
the last of the stainless Steel Fasteners along with the Electrical Box Plugs
we needed and Kathy even scratched a few more 2017 Christmas Giftsoff of her list.

Leaving there we drove over
to Radio
Shackwhere we spoke with Raphaël about our problem. He made
several recommendations from the stock that they had. The Wilson System they had in-stock would require 120 Volts AC Power but they had a WE Boost that I’ve read are equivalent to the Wilson but it runs on 12 VoltDC Power. We have the perfect
location to mount it and we won’t need an Inverter for it which helps to Save ourBattery Power.

Since it was now after
12:00 MST we walked to the Kmart
store where after freshening up we ordered lunch at the instore Little Caesars.
Our medium Hawaiian Pizza was ready
in less then ten minutes and was delicious. When we were finished eating we
made a quick check for some small sized towels that Kathy was looking for. They
had every colour you can imagine but not what we were looking for.

﻿﻿Our next stop was the Local Ford
Dealerto get an Oil Change done. We had a 1:00 PST (2:00 MST) appointment. They were only slightly delayed but I laughed to
myself as I watched through the Service Window. They didn’t have a hoist heavy
enough to lift our truck so they could only lift the front wheels off the
ground and then they had to do it the old fashion way, crawl underneath and
work off the ground. When they were finished as we came out to leave the Sun was nowhere to be seen and the Sky
was one big solid cloud.

Our next stop was Albertson
where Kathy had a list of food she needed to restock our pantry with before going
to Quartzsite
where we went to Family Dollarto get a
case of Bottled Water. The reason we
didn’t get it at Albertson’s is that California had a ten cent Environmental Tax on any beverage container sold. Buying the water
in Arizona
saved us Two Dollars and Forty Cents
which makes Sense to us.

We were Home by 5:00 and it didn’t take
long to unload our goodies. For Supper this
evening we kept it simple with a nice bowl of Soup. As I type this post we can hear the tapping of Rain on our roof. Hopefully we start
seeing more Sunshine Tomorrow. Thanks for following along and feel free
to leave a comment. Be Safe and Enjoy!

3 comments:

The internet is always slow at this time of year here, but soon will be good again . much better than a few years ago when you could not get on between 6 am and 9 pm. We also found was better closer to town as well.

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We are Kathy and Rick Rousseau. In 2011 we downsized our belongings,sold our home, moved into an apartment and upgraded our 5th wheel. We presently live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada which is directly across from the city of Detroit, Michigan. In the Spring of 2016 this will all change as we once again downsize our belongings and enter into a Fulltime Lifestyle.